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3.
(
$ &
, 3854), lit., “to become near,” hence, “to come on the
scene,” Matt. 3:1, of John the Baptist, is translated, “arrive” in the
RV
of 1 Cor. 16:3, for
KJV
, come. See
COME
,
GO
,
PRESENT
.
4.
(
$ 1
, 3846),
, “alongside,”
, “to throw,” signifies,
nautically, “touched at”; so the
RV
of Acts 20:15 (
KJV
, “arrived”); or, perhaps, to strike
across, from one place to another. In Mark 4:30, some mss. have this verb (
KJV
,
“compare”); the most authentic have
, to set forth (with the word “parable”). See
COMPARE
.
5.
(
1
, 5348), “to anticipate, reach to,” is translated “did arrive at,”
Rom. 9:31,
RV
, of Israel’s failure to attain to the Law (
KJV
, hath attained to). See
ATTAIN
,
COME
,
PRECEDE
.
ART, ARTS
1.
(
!
, 5078), “an art, handicraft, trade,” is used in Acts 17:29, of the
plastic art; in Acts 18:3, of a trade or craft (
KJV
, “occupation,”
RV
, “trade”); in Rev.
18:22, “craft” (cf.
, “a craftsman,” Eng., “technical”). See
CRAFT
,
OCCUPATION
,
TRADE
2.
(
$& $
, 4021), lit., “a work about” ( , “about,”
, “a work”),
hence, “busy about trifles,” is used, in the plural, of things superfluous, “curious (or
magical) arts,” Acts 19:19; in 1 Tim. 5:13, “busybodies.” See
BUSYBODY
For
AS
(and connected phrases) see
Note
, p. 1
For
ASCEND
see
ARISE
, No. 6
ASHAMED (to be), SHAME
A. Verbs.
1.
$
(
* "
, 153), from
, “shame,” always used in the passive
voice, signifies (a) “to have a feeling of fear or shame which prevents a person from
doing a thing,” e.g., Luke 16:3; (b) “the feeling of shame arising from something that has
been done,” e.g., 2 Cor. 10:8; Phil. 1:20; 1 John 2:28, of the possibility of being
“ashamed” before the Lord Jesus at His judgment seat in His Parousia with His saints; in
1 Pet. 4:16, of being ashamed of suffering as a Christian.¶
2.
$
(
# "
, 1870), a strengthened form of No. 1 ( , “upon,”
intensive), is used only in the sense (b) in the preceding paragraph. It is said of being
“ashamed” of persons, Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26; the gospel, Rom. 1:16; former evil doing,
Rom. 6:21; “the testimony of our Lord,” 2 Tim. 1:8; suffering for the gospel, v. 12;
rendering assistance and comfort to one who is suffering for the gospel’s sake, v. 16. It is
used in Heb., of Christ in calling those who are sanctified His brethren, 2:11, and of God
in His not being “ashamed” to be called the God of believers, 11:16.¶ In the Sept., in Job
34:19; Ps. 119:6; Isa. 1:29.¶
3.
$
(
"
, 2617), another strengthened form (
, “down,”
intensive), is used (a) in the active voice, “to put to shame,” e.g., Rom. 5:5; 1 Cor. 1:27
(
KJV
, “confound”); 11:4-5 (“dishonoreth”), and v. 22; (b) in the passive voice, Rom. 9:33;
10:11; 2 Cor. 7:14; 1 Pet. 2:6; 3:16. See
CONFOUND
,
DISHONOR
,
SHAME
.